The Queensland government has set out a five-year strategy to build its critical minerals industry, pledging to slash mining red tape and roll out stronger supports for the sector in pursuit of a potential trillion-dollar economic payoff.
Mining approval processes will be centralised and legislation rewritten to fast track critical minerals projects, while the state government will court US investors using government-backed infrastructure projects in Mount Isa and Townsville as …
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